The Trinity School Headteacher
Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US41 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
9 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Group size 6 - Leadership scale
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead a truly exceptional school. Our current
Headteacher, who has been inspirational and instrumental in shaping our vision and
working alongside Trust colleagues to design a state-of-the-art free school, will be
retiring at the end of August 2026.
We need an ambitious leader to join The Trinity School, part of the dynamic and
supportive Alpha Trust. The successful candidate will lead a school where students thrive,
developing the skills, character, and confidence to achieve success both at school and
beyond.
We are committed to excellence in all that we do and are unashamedly ambitious for the
future success of our students.
Governors are seeking to appoint a Headteacher who will:
Be unashamedly ambitious for the future success of every child
Have the vision and ability to put our shared values and ethos into practice
Be supportive and ambitious for all staff, ensuring collaboration to allow all students
to thrive
Place the highest priority on outstanding teaching and learning
Model excellence and demonstrate a clear commitment to the school and its
community
Motivate and inspire both children and staff
Be an open communicator, a motivational leader, and a passionate advocate for our
school community
If you are looking for an exciting and rewarding role within a supportive trust and have an
unshakeable commitment to improving the lives of children, we look forward to receiving
your application.
Closing date for applications: 09 January 2026
Interviews: 26 & 27 January 2026
What the school offers its staff
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Childcare Disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Medical
Online and Social Media
Prohibition from Teaching
Right to work
satisfactory references
Suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Colchester County High School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1210 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Colchester County High School for Girls website
- Email address
- recruitment@alphamat.org
Colchester County High School for Girls is part of Alpha Trust. It is a selective state school for academically able students aged from 11 to 18 years which consistently achieves public examination results at the highest level and Ofsted "Outstanding". Admission to the school is via the 11+ examination in Year 7; the school also admits academic students to the Sixth Form. The school is lead for the North East Essex Teaching School Alliance and Colchester Teacher Training Consortium is based on the site. Situated a mile to the west of central Colchester, the school is set in its own extensive grounds on a large, quiet campus.
Alpha Trust - Values
As a family of schools we are working collaboratively to celebrate and nurture both the
similarities and distinctiveness of each school’s ethos and values. We celebrate the
uniqueness of all students through outstanding pastoral care, academic challenge and
inspirational teaching. Each child is supported to flourish and make a positive contribution
to the communities they serve.
We aim to:
- enable students to cope emotionally, physically and spiritually with the pressures and demands of life
- provide a broad, well-balanced and personalised curriculum
- provide the highest quality education for able students, to enable them to achieve their personal best in public examinations
- provide access to the highest quality further education and employment
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